PoLT Online Professional Learning Resource – Principle 1
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Vignettes: Middle Years
- Level 4 Humanities (History/Geography) - Whose country is this anyway? Migration stories
- Level 4 LOTE - Taking Risks in Talking Italian
- Level 5 History - Museum Magic
- Level 5 Geography - Introducing Antarctica Using Visual Stimuli
Level 4 Humanities (History/Geography) - Whose country is this anyway? Migration stories
Focus Principle 1 Component
1. The learning environment is supportive and productive
Links to other Principles/Components
3. Students’ needs, backgrounds, perspectives and interests are reflected in the learning program.
Discipline-based learning
Humanities / History:
- Historical knowledge and understanding
- Historical reasoning and interpretation
Humanities / Geography:
- Geographical knowledge and understanding
Mathematics:
- Working mathematically
Interdisciplinary learning
Communication:
- Listening, viewing and responding
- Presenting
Topic
Read the vignette - "Whose country is this, anyway?" Migration stories.
Further examples from 'Project for Enhancing Effective Learning' (PEEL)
Since 1985, teachers in the 'Project for Enhancing Effective Learning' have been researching ways of stimulating and supporting learning that is more informed, purposeful, intellectually active and independent.
The following vignettes, selected from the PEEL in Practice: 1300 ideas for quality teaching database, are provided as a further example of Principle 1 in action.
Details of PEEL and its publication are available at PEEL (http://www.peelweb.org).
Level 4 LOTE - Taking Risks in Talking Italian
Focus Principle 1 Component
1. The learning environment is supportive and productive
Links to other Principles/Components
6.3 uses technologies in ways that reflect professional and community practices.
Physical, personal and social learning
Personal learning
- Managing personal learning
Discipline-based learning
LOTE:
- Communicating in a LOTE
Interdisciplinary learning
Information and Communications Technology
- ICT for communicating
Topic
Read the vignette – Taking Risks in Talking Italian (PDF - 44Kb)
Level 5 History - Museum Magic
Focus Principle 1 Component
1.3 Uses strategies that promote students’ self confidence and willingness to take risks with their learning.
Links to other Principles/Components
2.1 encourages and supports students to take responsibility for their learning
3.2 uses a range of strategies that support the different ways of thinking and learning.
Physical, personal and social learning
Personal learning
- Managing personal learning
Discipline-based Learning
History
- Historical knowledge and understanding
English
- Reading
Interdisciplinary learning
Thinking Processes
- Reasoning, processing and inquiry
Topic
Read the vignette – Museum Magic (PDF - 43Kb)
Level 5 Geography - Introducing Antarctica Using Visual Stimuli
Focus Principle 1 Components
1.3 Uses strategies that promote students’ self confidence and willingness to take risks with their learning
1.4 Ensures each student experiences success through structured support, the valuing of effort and the recognition of their work.
Links to other Principles/Components
4.4 uses strategies that challenge and support students to question and reflect.
Discipline-based learning
Geography
- Geographical knowledge and understanding
Interdisciplinary learning
Communication
- Listening, viewing and responding
Thinking Processes
- Reasoning, processing and inquiry
Topic
Read the vignette – Introducing Antarctica Using Visual Stimuli (PDF - 146Kb)